Deputies: Boy was ‘stick skinny’ in abuse case

A San Tan Valley woman has been charged with child abuse after deputies found her 14-month-old son so malnourished he couldn’t hold up his head.

The mother, Rhandi Brown, 22, is free on bail after her Sept. 14 arrest.

According to Lt. Tamatha Villar, Pinal County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman, deputies discovered the baby when they responded on a domestic violence call to the home the woman shares with the child’s father.

Brown allegedly stabbed the child’s father Dec. 18, and she is charged with aggravated assault in that case.